Installment Two: Co-operative Practitioners and Academic Scholars
Following up on last month’s launch of the new “Co-operatives in a Time of Crisis Conversation Series", the Canadian Centre for the Study of Co-operatives (CCSC) has launched the second instalment of conversations. The first instalment featured perspectives of leaders from credit unions across Canada. This new instalment features perspectives from co-operative practitioners and academic scholars
Academic and Policy Perspectives
Jen Budney, Professional Research Associate, the Canadian Centre for the Study of Co-operatives and former Chair, the Spadina Early Learning and Childcare Co-operative
Brett Fairbairn, President and Vice-Chancellor, Thompson Rivers University, and Research Fellow, Canadian Centre for the Study of Co-operatives
Dionne Pohler, Associate Professor and Associate Director at the Centre for Industrial Relations and Human Resources, University of Toronto
Ushnish Sengupta, PhD candidate at the University of Toronto OISE and a long-time leader in the development of social enterprises in the greater Toronto area
Co-operative Practitioners Perspectives
Colleen Christopherson-Cote, Coordinator, Saskatoon Poverty Reduction Partnership, and Community Partnership and Facilitator, Saskatoon Housing Initiatives Partnership
Hazel Corcoran, Executive Director, The Canadian Worker Co-operative Federation
Bob Fink, Chief Corporate Affairs Officer, United Farmers of Alberta Co-operative Ltd.
Pam Groat, Co-chair, the Bridge City Bicycle Co-operative Ltd.
Melissa Hoover, Founding Executive Director, Democracy at Work Institute
Audra Krueger, Executive Director, Co-operatives First
Carol Rollheiser, General Manager, Wildrose Co-op
Patrick Smith, Vice-President of Retail Operations at Federated Co-operatives Limited
Evan Toews, General Manager, Winkler Co-op
Len Usiskin, Executive Director, Quint Development Corporation
Rob Wesseling, President and Chief Executive Officer, The Co-operators Group Limited
Installment One: Co-operatives and Credit Unions
Conducted by Marc-André Pigeon, Director of the Canadian Centre for the Study of Co-operatives and co-host Mamun Abudllah, Professor, Edwards School of Business, the following interviews feature key thinkers and drivers within the Credit Union sector.